Anastasia's Secret

    Anastasia's Secret by Susanne Dunlap is about Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicholaevna Romanova a.k.a. Russia's last princess. Some people believe that Anastasia escaped the horrible massacre that befell the imperial family but no one knows for sure. It is said that jewels were sown onto the four grand duchesses' jackets and that the bullets from the Bolshevik soldiers bounced off of the duchesses like a shield. Over 200 people have pretended to be the grand duchess, the most famous being Anna Anderson. Susanne Dunlap's historical fiction has Anastasia fall in love with a guard named Sasha that she met when she was younger and survive that fateful night. I think Susanne Dunlap did a great job writing this story. She has also written The Musician's Daughter which I read a few years ago and really enjoyed as I have enjoyed Anastasia's Secret.